Health, Safety, Environment and Community Report 2004

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Indigenous Art Sponsorship

BlueScope Steel will bring colour to its communities through an innovative sponsorship of Australia's leading collection of indigenous art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

The Company has entered into a three-year partnership with the NGV and has become naming rights sponsor of the Indigenous Galleries located on the ground floor of NGV's Federation Square gallery.

The BlueScope Steel Indigenous Galleries hold one of the finest collections of indigenous Australian art in the world. Featured in the collection are the works of Emily Kam Kngwarray, Eubena Nampitjin, Ginger Riley, Tommy Watson, Jimmy Pike, Julie Dowling, Peter Skipper and many more of Australia's most talked about indigenous artists.

The works in the collection are bursting with colour and vibrancy. Many are filled with deep blues, blazing oranges, yellows and greens, rather than the more typical red and brown ochres that many people associate with Australian indigenous art.

Our Bond confirms that we will bring "inspiration, strength and colour" to our communities. BlueScope Steel's association with the NGV and sponsorship of the BlueScope Steel Indigenous Galleries reinforces the Company's corporate identity and confirms our position as an innovator in the Australian marketplace and a supporter of Australia's cultural heritage.

The works BlueScope Steel is supporting will not only be seen in Melbourne. The Company is currently working with the NGV on proposals to tour selected works to Sydney and Wollongong during 2005, and potentially outside Australia in future years.

Along with the permanent collection, the BlueScope Steel Indigenous Galleries will host new exhibitions over the next few years that will showcase the colour and vibrancy of the new wave of Aboriginal art.

Colour Power Exhibition artists from left Narputta Nargala, Daisy Napaltjarri, Judy Napangardi Watson, Daniel Walbidi and Sally Liki Nanii.

Colour Power Exhibition artists from left Narputta Nargala, Daisy Napaltjarri, Judy Napangardi Watson, Daniel Walbidi and Sally Liki Nanii.

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala Ngukurr, South East Arnhem Land, c.1937-2002 Mara country 1992. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas 244.0 x 244.0 cm Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the artist, Fellow, 1997 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Courtesy of the estate of the artist Ginger Riley and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala Ngukurr, South East Arnhem Land, c.1937-2002 Mara country 1992. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas 244.0 x 244.0 cm Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the artist, Fellow, 1997 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Courtesy of the estate of the artist Ginger Riley and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne